Heartland Mutual Insurance

Heartland Mutual Insurance

Heartland Farm Mutual, which provides insurance for agricultural businesses across Canada, experienced a data breach.

A small number of personal records had been accessed by an unknown party during the incident.

An unauthorized actor accessed an employee’s email inbox, which contained the personal details of customers.

The company quickly blocked the unauthorized access and employed an external cybersecurity team to investigate.

Source: https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/data-breach-at-canadian-insurance-firm-exposes-personal-information

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/heartland-mutual-insurance

"id": "hea193713123",
"linkid": "heartland-mutual-insurance",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "07/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'location': 'Canada',
                        'name': 'Heartland Farm Mutual',
                        'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Small number',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Details'},
 'description': 'Heartland Farm Mutual, which provides insurance for '
                'agricultural businesses across Canada, experienced a data '
                'breach. A small number of personal records had been accessed '
                'by an unknown party during the incident. An unauthorized '
                'actor accessed an employee’s email inbox, which contained the '
                'personal details of customers. The company quickly blocked '
                'the unauthorized access and employed an external '
                'cybersecurity team to investigate.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Records'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Employee Email Inbox'},
 'investigation_status': 'Investigation by External Cybersecurity Team',
 'response': {'containment_measures': 'Blocked Unauthorized Access',
              'third_party_assistance': 'External Cybersecurity Team'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Heartland Farm Mutual Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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